India, Feb. 6 -- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi perfectly summed up his performance in the post-match ceremony of the U19 World Cup final on Friday. The 14-year-old soaked in glory as he received the Player of the Match and Player of the Series awards, and remarked, "I know I can perform in big games and under pressure, so I stayed confident and kept believing."

The U19 World Cup showed that Sooryavanshi is a big-game player, as he proved in the semifinals as well. In a huge run chase of 311 runs vs Afghanistan, he blazed to a 33-ball 68 knock, laced with nine fours and four sixes in his 90-run stand with Aaron George.

Then, in the final against England, he smashed the second-fastest ton in U19 World Cup history, getting his hundred off only 55 b...